ABSTRACT
Differentiated instruction (DI) recognizes the diversity of learners (coaches) taking a coach development course and sees to their understanding of the required knowledge, skills, and abilities, while engaging each in a manner to facilitate their learning and enhance their desire to learn. Engaged lecturing within DI means that the presentational skills with which the lecture is given, and what is included in the lecture, keeps participants interested throughout the session, which results in improved learning. In this chapter, I present an overview of the primary concept upon which DI is based, an overview of the research supporting DI, how engaged lecturing supports DI, and how I use this instructional strategy for coach education. In today’s large-scale coach education initiatives provided by national sport governing bodies, the coach developer is responsible for creating a learning-centered environment from which the coach can walk away with not only content knowledge, but the skills and abilities to apply that knowledge, following their evaluation of a given situation. Given the short time period in which coach developers work with coaches in these courses, a suitable instructional strategy is differentiated instruction through engaged lecturing.
